Charles henry cool



(No Model.)

C. H. CGOL.

l TIRE UPSBTTER. No.508,3'72. Patented Nov. 7, 1893.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

, CHARLES HENRY COOL, OF RIDGEVILLE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN B. KINNY, OF SAME PLACE.

TIRE-UPSETTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 508,372, dated November '7, 1893.

Application led February 8, 1893. Serial No. 461,506. (No model.)

.To a/ZZ whom it may concern,.-

B'e it known that I, CHARLES HENRY COOL, a c1t1zen of the United States, residing at Ridgeville, in the county of Randolph and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Tire-Upsetter, of which the following 1s a specication.

My invention relates to improvements in tire-upsetting devices for use by blacksmiths.

The objects in view are to provide a cheap and slmple device which for the most part may be readily cast, and is adapted to be set upon the anvil of a smith and to conveniently hold tires of varying diameters during the process of shrinking the same.

l With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certain features of construction hereinafter specifled and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the draWings:-Figure l is a perspective view of an upsetting device constructed in accordance with my invention, the same being supported upon an anvil of ordinary construction. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the upsetter in detail.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures ot the drawings.

I In practicing my invention I form a casting which comprises an oblong base l of convenient size, and at one end of which is formed a depending flange 2, having a threaded opening 3. A tenon 4: depends from the under side of the base l and is designed to fit within a mortised-'opening with which the anvil is provided. Through the agency of the tenon and a set-screw 5 passed`through the threaded perforation 3 and bearing against the side of the anvil, it will be seen that the device as a whole may be conveniently and removably secured in rigid position. The casting is provided upon its upper side and near its rear edge and at one end with a standard or back-wall 6, whose front face has formed therein a dovetail recess 7 designed to receive the serrated steel-plate or dog 8. In front of the standard 8 there is located a concaved raised face or rest 9, which is provided at its outer edge with recessed portions l0-of circular form. At the opposite end of the base at the front and rear sides thereof there is formed a pair of dovetailed ways 1l, and in these Ways there is mounted for sliding a block 12 whose opposite edges are formed to correspond with thel ways. This block 12 is provided at its rear edge and at one end with a standard 13, and the inner face of the standard which is in line with that of the standard 6 is provided like the standard 6 with a recess 14 in which is mounted a steel toothed plate or dog 15. The outer edge of the block 12 is provided with a circular recess or opening 16, and located therein and operating thereagainst is the eccentric face of a cam-lever 17. This lever 17 is eccentrically pivoted to the base upon a pin 18 rising `,from the latter at one end and is loosely connected with the block 12 through the medium of a link 19,which is pivoted as at 20 to the cam-lever and block. The block 12 carries a pin 21 near its front edge and in advance of the catn lever and directly transversely-opposite the dog 15, and upon this pin there is loosely mounted an eccentric lever 22 having a handle 23 by which it may be operated and an inner toothed camface 24. A pin 25 also extends upward from the base opposite the dog 8 and recess 10 in the rest 9, and upon this pin is mounted an eccentric lever 26, having a convenient operating-handle 27, and an inner toothed eccentric head 28.

In Fig. 1, I have shown the device as mounted in position upon an anvil 29, and have also shown a tire in position upon the upsetter and about to undergo the operation of upsetting. It will be seen that the tire rests upon the concaved rest 9 with one edge against the dogs 8 and 15 and that it is bound snugly in position against said dogs through the medium of the cam-levers 22 and 26. It will be obvious that the operation of upsetting, as is usually practiced in upsetters of this class, may be carried on with expediency and success, such operation being so well known as not to require specific description. As tires vary in diameter, the device can, by means of the cam-lever 17, be adjusted to suit such variance, and in the same manner also may the cam-levers be bound against the edges of the tire at proper and convenient points.

From the foregoing description in connection With the accompanying drawings it will IOO be seen that I have provided a very simple device adapted to perform the useful functions for which it is devised, and which for the most part consist of a simple casting, so that it is rendered cheap and therefore Within the financial reach of most blacksmiths.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- The herein described tire-upsetting device, comprising a rectangular base, means t0 attach the same to an anvil, guides 1l secured to the upper surface of the base parallel with its side edges and provided With dove-tailed inner edges, the block 12 slidably mounted between said dove-tailed edges and provided at its outer end with a curved recess, an opcrating-lever eccentrically pivoted to the base and fitting in said curved recess of the block l2, a connecting strap between the lever and the block, a vertical standard 13 provided with a serrated block, a co-acting serrated clamping-lever 22, arranged opposite said standard, a second standard 6 arranged in alignment with the standard 13 and provided with a serrated block, a serrated eccentric clampinglever 26 arranged opposite the standard 6, and a concaved rest 9 disposed between the standards and the clamping-levers and arranged in a horizontal plane parallel with the direction of movement of the sliding block I2, the standard 13 and clamping-lever 22 being carried by the sliding block to hold the tire in its upset position, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aiixed my Signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES HEN RY COOL.

NVitnesses:

JOHN I. HOKE, SYLVESTER ADDINGTON. 

